Ask Island Press: How Could Buses Be Better?
By Katharine Sucher / On July 31st, 2017
Buses are having somewhat of a moment.
#ForewordFriday: Urban Stormwater Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On July 14th, 2017
Excess asphalt contributes to stormwater runoff, which can carry pollutants into water bodies and overwhelm sewer systems. As more and more cities reclaim street space for human life and habitat and enact far-reaching plans to address climate change, there is need for guidance on how to integrate valuable ecological processes into urban streets.
Bike "Boom" 101: A Podcast Interview with Carlton Reid
By Kyler Geoffroy / On June 23rd, 2017
A podcast interview with Island Press author Carlton Reid about his new book Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling
Reflections on Infrastructure Week and Mass Transit
By Grady Gammage / On June 14th, 2017
Last week was the Trump administration's self-proclaimed "Infrastructure Week." While no substantive policy plans were put forward, we at Island Press can't help but be reminded of the Republican Party's official platform released last summer, which "argues that public transit agencies
Trumping the Transportation Progress Our Cities Need
By Linda Bailey / On May 23rd, 2017
President Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for the transportation networks that are key to the growth engines of today's economy: cities and their suburbs.
President Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for cities
By National Association of City Transportation Officials / On May 3rd, 2017
Linda Bailey, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) issued the following statement in response to the White House’s 2018 budget blueprint.
President Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for cities and their transportation systems, gutting three of the most valuable Federal programs for cities across the country.
Watch This: Global Street Design Webinar
By Matt Solomon / On December 14th, 2016
Island Press teamed up with the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) to present two webinars on December 12 spotlighting the Global Street Design Guide. Each session offered an overview of the Guide plus two case studies highlighting best practices in street and public space design.
Webinar: Global Street Design Guide
By Matt Solomon / On December 1st, 2016
December 12, 2016; 10:00 AM EST & 9:00 PM EST (2 sessions)
Paris: The Triumph of the Bus Stop
By Jarrett Walker / On November 22nd, 2016
Do you think bus service is never as “permanent” as rail service? Well, it depends on how much infrastructure you build, and how proudly it announces the bus service as an essential part of the cityscape, both as icon and as opportunity.
Peter Newman's Resilient Cities: The Sustainable Transport City
By Peter Newman / On August 10th, 2016
The agenda for cities of the future is to have more sustainable transport options available so that a city can indeed reduce its traffic whilst reducing its greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 (the global agenda set through the International Panel on Climate Change). For many cities the reduction of car use is not yet on the agenda apart from seeing it as an obviously good thing to do. Unfortunately for most cities traffic growth has been continuous and appears to be unstoppable.